Simon Commander

Research Fellow

IE Business School, Altura Partners

scommander@alturapartners.org

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Simon Commander received his B.A. from Oxford University in 1975 and his PhD from Cambridge University in 1980. He worked for 15 years at the World Bank in Washington DC starting in 1988. Subsequently, he has been Senior Adviser at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Director of the Centre for New and Emerging Markets at London Business School. He is currently Professor at IE Business School and Managing Partner at Altura Partners. He has published widely including books, articles and working papers (see CV).

His research interests include labour economics, income determination, inflation, comparative economic systems and economic policy.

He is extensively involved in advisory work of a policy and strategic nature principally with emerging market governments.

Simon Commander joined IZA as a Research Fellow in December 1999.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16007

Political Connections, Business Groups and Innovation

Simon Commander, Saul Estrin, Thamashi De Silva

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14554

The Political Economy of Kazakhstan: A Case of Good Economics, Bad Politics?

Simon Commander, Ruta Prieskienyte

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13103

Political Networks across the Globe

Simon Commander, Stavros Poupakis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11498

Political Connections and Firms: Network Dimensions

Maurizio Bussolo, Simon Commander, Stavros Poupakis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8865

Estimating the Size of External Effects of Energy Subsidies

Simon Commander, Zlatko Nikoloski, Maria Vagliasindi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7348

Migration from Ukraine: Brawn or Brain? New Survey Evidence

Simon Commander, Olexandr Nikolaychuk, Dmytro Vikhrov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7041

Are Skills a Constraint on Firms? New Evidence from Russia

Simon Commander, Irina Denisova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6034

Employment Concentration and Resource Allocation: One-Company Towns in Russia

Simon Commander, Zlatko Nikoloski, Alexander Plekhanov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6033

Educational Scores: How Does Russia Fare?

Chiara Amini, Simon Commander

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40 (3), 508 - 527

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5247

Institutions and Economic Performance: What Can Be Explained?

Simon Commander, Zlatko Nikoloski

published in: Review of Economics and Institutions, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2637

Do Institutions, Ownership, Exporting and Competition Explain Firm Performance? Evidence from 26 Transition Countries

Simon Commander, Jan Svejnar

revised version published as 'Business Environment, Exports, Ownership, and Firm Performance' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (1), 309 - 337

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2294

ICT Adoption and Productivity in Developing Countries: New Firm Level Evidence from Brazil and India

Rakesh Basant, Simon Commander, Rupert Harrison, Naercio Menezes-Filho

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1933

Migrating Workers and Jobs: A Challenge to the European Social Model?

Simon Commander, Axel Heitmueller, Laura Tyson

published in: Giddens, Diamond, Liddle (eds): Global Europe, Social Europe. Polity London, 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1422

Must Skilled Migration Be a Brain Drain? Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

Simon Commander, Rupa Chanda, Mari Kangasniemi, L. Alan Winters

published in: World Economy, 2008, 31 (2), 187-211